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FIRST READING
JEREMIAH 1:4-9
L I T U R G Y O F T H E W O R D
SECOND READING
1 PETER 4:7B-11
The word of the LORD came to me thus: Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you. "Ah,
Lord GOD!" I said, "I know not how to speak; I am too young." But the LORD answered
me, say not, "I am too young." To whomever I send you, you shall go; whatever I com-
mand you, you shall speak. Have no fear before them, because I am with you to deliver
you, says the LORD. Then the LORD extended his hand and touched my mouth, saying,
See, I place my words in your mouth!
Beloved: be serious and sober-minded so that you will be able to pray. Above all, let your
love for one another be intense, because love covers a multitude of sins. Be hospitable to
one another without complaining. As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one an-
other as good stewards of God's varied grace. Whoever preaches, let it be with the words
of God; whoever serves, let it be with the strength that God supplies, so that in all things
God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong glory and dominion forever
and ever. Amen.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
PSALM 89:21-22, 25 AND 27
